Title:Letter from Waterhouse & Bowes to William Percival,
September 7, 1859: Electronic Edition.
Author: Waterhouse & Bowes (Raleigh, NC)
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
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First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 9K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
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English
Revision history:
2005-07-22, Brian Dietz finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: William A. Graham Papers (#285), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Waterhouse & Bowes to William
Percival, September 7, 1859
Author: Waterhouse & Bowes
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 285 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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We the undersigned after making measurements from Boundary A. along Franklin St. to the
intersection of the first cross street west of Columbia St.
illegible to the intersection of the college avenue and along
said college avenue to Columbia St. and there down Columbia St. to where it is intersected by Franklin
St.— that it will take 7544 feet of pipe when laid. This amount
with the additional length necessary of pipe to connect with the college works
will make 8464, equal one mile, one half and 544 feet of pipe when laid and will
require a Gas Holder of double the capacity as proposed for the College works,
larger pipes near and about
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the Gas works and 50
metres being the approximate number of the houses in the village likely to use
Gas. The estimated cost of the works would be $7000. Our estimate as
accepted by you for the college works is $6000 (independent of Gas
fitting and fixtures as named in specifications) making whole capital stock
required $13.000.